alt Hacker News> This is software support, it is a job, it should be paid.
What's stopping any open source maintainer from charging for their work?
> This is software support, it is a job, it should be paid.
What's stopping any open source maintainer from charging for their work?
Irrelevance. The moment you paywall a project, it’s a death sentence. Unless you have a unique and highly sought-after product (top 1%), someone else will just make a free alternative.